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clerk init sets up native Apple apps against the development instance only: it registers the dev Bundle ID, adds webcredentials:<dev host>, and --starter hardcodes the dev key. Nothing checked whether a Release build was ready for production, and the docs tell developers to check the Release key and associated domain by hand.

clerk doctor now checks each non-Debug configuration it inspects (Release by default) against the production instance. clerk init's output is unchanged.

Check Passes when
Production native registration Release's Bundle ID is registered on production with the app's App ID Prefix, and Native API is enabled there
Production associated domain: Release The entitlements file Release signs with (Xcode-resolved, including [sdk=…] keys) lists webcredentials:<production FAPI host>, with $(…) build settings expanded as Xcode signs it
Production publishable key: Release Release passes the production instance's key to Clerk.configure

Publishable key is read without building, and only when the argument passed to Clerk.configure is:

  • a string literal (what clerk init writes), or
  • an Info.plist read (a literal or $(BUILD_SETTING) entry, so per-configuration xcconfig values count), with at most an empty-string fallback.

Only the selected target's Swift files count: compile-sources files and synchronized folders less membership exceptions in a .pbxproj, or target-membership entries in a .xcproj, less the configuration's EXCLUDED_SOURCE_FILE_NAMES. Anything else is reported as Not verified with the reason: a constant, a call inside #if, a ?? "pk_…" fallback, the environment, a bundled secrets file, build scripts, or CI. Following constants and evaluating #if conditions was left out on purpose: it's static analysis of Swift without a compiler, and "not verified" is the honest answer there. Keys are compared, never printed.

Remedies. Each production warning carries its own remedy instead of "Run clerk init". The key remedy states the outcome only: build Release with the production publishable key from the dashboard. Doctor doesn't recommend a particular way to switch keys between configurations.

Release configuration names. Without --xcode-configuration, doctor inspects only Debug and Release. When a target's release configuration has another name (such as Production), doctor warns that nothing was checked and names the configuration to pass, instead of reporting a pass.

No production instance. The checks collapse to one passing note, and Instances already warns. Production stays non-blocking: every production finding is a warn, never a fail.

Deploy. When run in an Xcode project (the same detection doctor uses), clerk deploy's next steps add "7. Check the iOS or macOS app's Release build: clerk doctor". deploy status at complete adds the same pointer, and the JSON report gains an optional appleProject: true. Web output is unchanged.

Reuse

  • resolveInstance / discoverRemote take an environment (default "development", so existing messages are unchanged).
  • auditRemote's matching is split out as remoteActions so doctor doesn't refetch registrations.
  • The entitlements reading in the Apple-entitlement doctor check moved into readEntitlements / hasCapabilities, which the domain check shares.

Test plan

  • bun run format, bun run lint, bun run typecheck, bun run test (4155 pass)
  • New publishable-key.test.ts (Info.plist literal and build-setting entries, and each unresolved case) and production.test.ts (15): registration missing / Native API off / case mismatch / Release-only Bundle ID, shared vs Release-only entitlements, dev key / other instance / runtime-loaded key, Info.plist + build setting, the doctor wiring and remedy passthrough
  • Deploy tests for the next-steps body, the agent nextAction, and the human line, both with and without an Apple project
  • New real-Xcode probe scripts/apple-setup/verify-production.ts passes on Xcode 27: a per-configuration xcconfig key through Info.plist with Release-only entitlements using $(CLERK_FAPI_HOST); #if DEBUG literals (key not verified) with shared entitlements and a second app target using the dev key; and an Xcode 27 JSON project
  • Not exercised against a live production instance (fake Platform API in tests and probe)

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`clerk init` sets up native Apple apps against the development instance
only, so nothing checked that a Release build is ready for production.
`clerk doctor` now checks each inspected non-Debug configuration against
the production instance:

- the Release Bundle ID's production iOS registration and Native API
- `webcredentials:<production host>` in the entitlements Release signs with
- the publishable key Release passes to Clerk.configure, when it is a
  Swift literal, an Info.plist entry (literal or build setting), or the
  one key literal compiled into that configuration; otherwise it reports
  the key as not verified. Keys are compared, never printed.

A missing production instance stays a single passing note. Run in an
Xcode project, `clerk deploy` and `clerk deploy status` point to
`clerk doctor` for the Xcode side.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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clerk doctor now checks iOS and macOS non-Debug configurations against a production instance. It checks native registration, Native API status, Associated Domain entitlements, and publishable keys. The changes add selected-target Swift source discovery and key resolution, and preserve check-specific remedies when available. Deploy commands detect Apple projects and conditionally add clerk doctor guidance to completion messages and next steps.

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…arget, expand entitlement settings

- `env["KEY"] ?? "pk_live_…"` (or an Info.plist read with a key fallback)
  resolved to the fallback and passed. The key check now follows only the
  argument itself: a literal, an Info.plist read (empty-string fallback
  at most), or a constant declared once as one of those. Anything else
  is "Not verified".
- The scan walked every Swift file under SRCROOT, so another app target's
  Clerk.configure counted against the selected one. It now reads the
  target's own sources from the project (compile-sources files and
  synchronized folders less membership exceptions in a .pbxproj,
  target-membership entries in a .xcproj) and drops files the
  configuration excludes with EXCLUDED_SOURCE_FILE_NAMES.
- The Associated Domain comparison read raw entitlement strings, so
  webcredentials:$(CLERK_FAPI_HOST) warned even when Release resolves it
  to the production host. Build settings are now expanded as Xcode does
  when signing.

The real-Xcode probe covers all three, including an Xcode 27 JSON project.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…Info.plist entry

Doctor now verifies the key only when Clerk.configure is passed a string
literal or an Info.plist read, whose entry can be a $(BUILD_SETTING) set per
configuration. A constant, a call inside #if, a fallback, the environment, or
a bundled file reports "Not verified" with the reason instead of being
followed through the source. This drops the #if evaluator and constant
tracing, which were the parts that kept growing, while the suggested
per-configuration setup stays verifiable.

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Doctor no longer reads Swift. It checks the suggested setup's
ClerkPublishableKey Info.plist entry, a literal or a $(BUILD_SETTING) that
Xcode resolves per configuration, and reports any other way of loading the
key as not verified. That removes the Swift lexer and the target source
resolution. The gap it accepts: doctor doesn't confirm that Clerk.configure
reads the entry it checked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…the setup advice

Bring back the narrow key check: a string literal passed to Clerk.configure,
which is what clerk init writes, or an Info.plist read. Anything else stays
"Not verified". Apps set up by clerk init now get a real answer, such as
Release using the development key, instead of "Not verified".

The remedy now states only the outcome (build Release with the production
key from the dashboard). Doctor no longer recommends one way to switch keys
between configurations.

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…oo large to scan

A skipped file could hold the Clerk.configure call, so a partial scan could
report no call or check the wrong one.

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The design looks right to me. Every production finding is a warn, and anything doctor can't read without building is reported as "Not verified" instead of guessed. I left one blocking comment and three smaller ones inline.

The blocking one is in production.ts:51-62. If the target has no configuration named "Release", plain clerk doctor reports the production check as passing when it checked nothing.

The other three are worth fixing in this PR. Two warnings fall back to the "Run clerk init" remedy, which can't fix anything on the production side. Files shared into the target from another target's synchronized folder are never scanned.


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… production warnings their own remedies

- Without --xcode-configuration, doctor inspects only Debug and Release. A
  target whose release configuration has another name (Production, AppStore)
  passed with nothing checked; it now warns and names the configuration to
  pass. An explicitly selected Debug, or a Debug-only target, still passes.
- An unreadable production key and a failed production check now carry their
  own remedies instead of falling back to "Run clerk init".
- A file shared into the target from another target's synchronized folder
  reports the key as not verified instead of going unscanned.

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All four review comments are fixed, and each fix has a test.

  • With only Debug inspected, doctor now warns and names the configuration to pass.
  • The production warnings have remedies of their own instead of "Run clerk init".
  • Files shared in from another target's synchronized folder now make the key "Not verified".

I ran the new production and publishable-key tests locally, and all 50 pass. Current main trial-merges with no conflicts and typechecks cleanly.


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# Conflicts:
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#	packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/ios/capabilities.ts
#	packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/ios/doctor.ts
…octor

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